Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) has completed the final phase of its 20km domestic gas pipeline expansion project in Abia State, connecting Agbor Hill, Osisioma and Araria industrial zones. The project has also enabled the supply of pipeline gas to Ariaria Market Energy Solutions Limited, the Independent Power Project (IPP) consortium that provides electricity to the […]

A legal practitioner, Olukoya Ogungbeje, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos to challenge the ban imposed by the state government on the operations of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as okada, and tricycles otherwise known as keke. Ogungbeje asked the court to declare that the ban, as issued in February by […]

Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said that drastic action was needed to tackle rape,  including vigorous law enforcement to prosecute rapists in the country. According to NAN, El-Rufai made this known at a virtual meeting organised by the Movement Against Rape and Sexual Violence (MARS-V). The governor said that the state had provided […]

The number of coronavirus cases confirmed worldwide rose to 10 million on Sunday, according to a tally collated by Johns Hopkins University. The United States, Brazil and Russia are listed as having the largest number of cases in real terms, with their caseloads recorded as 2.5 million, 1.3 million and 634,000, respectively. The U.S. has […]